IN THE MATTER OF WELFARE OF D. A. M.

No. A12-0427.

In the Matter of the Welfare of: D. A. M.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Filed December 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. Moccio , Peter W. Gorman , Children's Law Center of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, for appellant.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Linda K. Jenny , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent.

Considered and decided by Rodenberg, Presiding Judge; Kirk, Judge; and Harten, Judge.


UNPUBLISHED OPINION

RODENBERG, Judge.

In this juvenile delinquency appeal, appellant argues that the district court misinterpreted a federal immigration statute regarding state courts' ability to enter special findings for purposes of a proposed application under federal law for "special immigrant juvenile status" (SIJS) pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J) (Supp. 2011). Appellant contends that (1) the district court erred as a matter of law in determining...

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